Combination suitcase and table



Sept. 22, 1925. 1,554,245

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Application filed' September 12, 1924. Serial No. 737,290.

To all wlnomit may concern:

Be it .known that I, THOMAS 'WALGZAK, citizen of Poland, and resident of Palmer,

in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Combination Suitcases and Tables, of'which the follow.- ing is a specification.

ments in convertible baggage, particularly toa combination suit case and table, andlit is theprincipal object of the invention to combine afltable" and suit case in such a. manner that in its folded position the table forms or constitutes a vital part of the suit casejand its walls; I I

Another object of the invention is the provision of a combination suit case and table ofthis character-having a quickly and convenientlyremovable cover.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a combination suit case and table in which the end walls of the suit case form extensions of the table plate when the. device is "set up to be used as a .table whereby means are provided to hold these extensions in one plane .with the table plate which ordinarily represents the bottom .of the suit case. I

A still further object of the invention is the provision of means for holding the parts in their assembled position to form a suit case.

These and other objects of the invention, and advantages thereof will become more fully apparent as the description thereof proceeds, and will then specifically be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combination suit case and table constructed according to the present invention, closed in its assembled state. Figure 2 isa perspective view of the inverted cover for the suit case and detached therefrom.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the suit case proper after removal of its cover, illustrating the interior arrangement. I

Figure 4 is a frontelevation of the table set upor unfolded from its formation of the suitcase body. i a

Figure 5 is an end View thereof. I

'Flgure 6 is a bottom plan view of the table plate. f

F-1gL1I', 7 is a. section on line 77 of Figure 1, and i l Figure 8 is a section on line 8-8 of Flgure 4.,

The suit case comprises the customary t 1 cover 10 and body part, generally desig- The present invention relates to improvenated ,11 which in the present case comprlses the following interfitting parts, an end wall 12 lntegrally made with wedge-shaped upper front member 13 and upper rear member 14:, grooved at their lower edges forthe reception of suitable ribs formed on the upper faces of, the substantially wedgeshaped lower front member 15 and lower rear member 16, the outer ends of which are connected by the element, 17 constituting the other end wall of the suit case.

The end walls 12 and 17 as well'as' the upper, edges of members 13 and 14 are provided with the customary set off parts or shoulders 18 providing a seat for the lower edges of the end, front and rear walls ofthe cover 10 providing a tight fitting closure joint between cover and body of the suit case. The end. walls 12 and 17 are hingedly secured at their'lower edges, as at 19 and 20 respectively to the outer ends of a plate 21 constituting the bottom of the suit case in thefolded position of the parts and the table plate when the body is unfolded and set up as a table, as will be hereaftermore fully described.

To the outer face of the front member 13 the customary handle 22 is attached in the usual manner, and the'lower element of a suitable lock 23, the upper member of which,

'0 24, is attached to the front wall of the cover in the well known manner to allow a closure of the suit case.

To the plate 21 are pivotally secured at its lower or inner face a pair of arms 25 and 26 provided with slots intermediate their ends through which bolts {carrying wing nuts 27 extend. It will be clear that the arms can be swung around these bolts so that during the use of the table as such they face of end walls 12 and 17 which in this case will be in one plane with the plate 21 and will support these end walls in this will engage with one part the under the table plate 21, Figure 6. a

Hook and eye connections 29 and 30 respectively (Fig. 3) serve to hold the wedgeshaped elements forming the front and rear Walls of the body part of the suit case in their assembled position in which plate 21 constitutes the suit case bottom.

The cover 10 is held to thebody at the front by means of the customary hooks etc. 81 engaging suitable eyes or similar devices mounted on the front face of member 13.

In order to removably secure the cover 10 to the body part of the suit case, and to allow a convenient opening of the case in the usual manner, the cover is equipped with suitable hingemembers 32 adapted to co-operate with similar hinge members or plates 33 on the upper edge of member 14,

as clearly shown in the pi'ntles 34 and 35 co-operating with or connecting these hinge members have angular ends or handles 36 and 37 whichare adapted to be displaced in slots 38 and 39 in the upper'edge' of element 14 in order to engage or disengage the hinge members 32 and 33 of cover and body for allowing the cover to engage the body of form therewith the suit case or to be removed therefrom if the body part is to be set up as a table,'as shown in Figure 1-.

Hooks 40 are attached to the upper edges of the end walls 12 and 17 and are adapted to engage eyes or grip around pins 41 in the upper edges of members 13 and 1 1 respectively in order to hold the ends of these members down and the same in firm engagement with members 15 and 16 respectively.

In use, when the body of the suit case is to be setup as a table illustrated in Figure at, the cover is opened, and the hinge pintles are removed from their engagement with hinge members 82 and 33 by the proper lateral displacement of the same bymeans of handles 36 and 37. Thereafter, the hooks 1O are disengaged from pins 411, and end wall 12 with its members 13 and 1 1 is turned around hinge 19 to form an extension of plate 21, Thereafter in a similar manner, end wall 17 is turned around hinges 20 to form an extension of plate 21 on its opposite end. If now the arms 25 and 26 are turned around their pivot bolts so that their outer ends engage under plate 21 and the extensions 12 and '17 thereof, the members 13, 1 1' and 15, 16 will form the legs of the table. If the above steps are followed in reverse order, the table will be folded again and the suit case will be completed for the storage of articles and covered by cover 10 in the ordinary manner-to be locked and carried by'the handle 22.

It will be apparent that changes can be made in the construction of the minor details of the invention without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as pointed out in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A combination suit case and table comprising a bottom plate, end walls hingedly secured thereto, and a plurality of table legs supplementing each other when assembled to form front and rear walls of the suit ease respectively, and a removable cover.

2. A combination suit case and table comprising a bottom plate, end walls hinged at their lower edges to the ends of the said plate to form, extensions thereof, means for securing'said extensions in the plane of the bottom plate, pairwise arranged, substantially wedge-shaped members integral with said end walls supplementing each other when assembled to form the front and rear walls of the suit case and table legs when said extensions are in one plane with the bottom plate, means for securing the parts in theirrespective adjusted positions, and.

a. removable cover.

3. In a combination suit case and table, a bottom plate, end walls hingedly secured thereto, a pair of substantially wedgeshaped members attached to each of said end walls, the pair attached to one end wall supplementing the pair attached to'the other endv wall to form front and rear walls of the suit case when placed in engagement, means for holding the parts in their engaged position, a cover, and means for detachably securingsaid cover to one of said wedgeshaped members.

4. In a'combination suitcase and table, pairs of upper and lower, substantially wedge shaped members supplementing each other to form the sidewalls of the suit case, hinge plat-es secured to one-of said upper members, a cover, hinge members secured to said cover adapted to co-operate with said hinge members '01 plates on said wedgeshaped member, said member having longitudinal slots, and a pair of pintles having angular handles adapted to be disposed in said slots to connect or disconnect said hinge nembers and plates to allow a removal and attachment of said cover from and tothe suit case.

5. A combination suit case and table comprising a body constituted by the table in its folded position, the table plate constituting in said position the bottom of'the suit case, two pairs of table legs adapted to supplement each other to form the front-and rear wall of the suit case, and plates hinged to the ends of said bottomplate to constitute the end walls of the-suit case, a removable cover for the suit case, and means for locking the parts in their position forming the suit case.

6. A combination suit case and table commentary looking member on said last named prising a suit case body constituted by the leg, means for holding the cover and front 10 folded table, the plate of said table form- Wall engaged, and means for locking the 7 ing the suit case bottom, two pairs of table parts in their adjusted positions.

5 legs adapted to be folded against each other Signed at Palmer, in the county of Hampto constitute the front and rear Walls of the den and State of Massachusetts this 10th suit case, a handle attached to the outer face day of September A. D. 192 of one of said legs, a detachable cover a looking member on said cover and a supple- THOMAS WALCZAK. 

